Over the weekend, John J. York announced that he was taking a break from General Hospital because he was diagnosed with two types of cancers, myelodysplastic syndromes, or MDS, and multiple smoldering myeloma in December, and he needs a blood stem cell transplant.
So, the 64-year-old was reaching out to his fans and asked them to see if they could be a match for him on Be The Match.
This morning, he gave an update on the search to Good Morning America, “I believe they found a match, a perfect match.”
Finding a match is “the biggest deal” because his family members were tested, and they were not a match.
Therefore, this person, out of the goodness of their heart, is saving his life. So he wants to say to them, with tears in his eyes, “Thank you for saving my life. For letting me spend more time with my wife, my daughter, my son-in-law, my grandchildren.”
Next week, they will do some testing. If all goes well, they will do the transplant in November.
I will be praying all goes well and he has many more years with his family.
